The world of the left handed

Left handedness is a characteristic found in a small
minority of population. This sets them apart from the rest and also makes them
distinctive. About 10% of the individuals in the developed countries are left handed
and this is seen to occur more in boys than it does in girls. There is much
around the left handed that makes them feel like they are not considered as
good as the rest. The word for left handed was initially sinistrality which
came to mean evil as time went by and the term was dropped. The word for right
handed however derived from dexter meaning skilled is clearly claiming it to be
the right hand or the upper hand.

Lefties feel like a
minority in every respect as nearly everything around them is made for the
right handed population. Whether it is sports equipment, writing tools, work
places and much more are made for a dominantly right handed world. Left-handed
people are far better at tasks and multitasking as they use both sides of their
brain to perform the tasks. There are often many tasks where people have to
revert to being right handed in order to be able to perform well.

While there may be many disadvantages and much discomfort on
account of being left handed, these days there is also much that is different.
There are numerous writing instruments available today for the left handed. The
brain of lefties being structured differently makes them more capable,
intelligent, higher achievers and more. In a right handed world, things get
rather embarrassing and difficult for the left handed. These individuals tend
to pick things which may be their neighbors during a dinner have awkward
situations when trying to greet one another or shake hands.

Another problem most lefties encounter is in writing, it is
important to have the patience to teach a left hander to write without asking
the child to change his or her orientation to suit those around her. Writing
with the proper slant and without smudging is possible when a person is left
handed rather than right handed when the paper is slightly tilted at a 45
degree angle when writing. Similarly
left hander’s tend to grip quite high up on the pen and having a thicker pen
helps. There are special pens and pencils designed for the left handed.